Edmonia LewisMary edmonia lewis was a trailblazer who shattered racial barriers as the first professionalAfrican Americansculptor in the mid-1800s, becoming famous for her 1,408kg marble sculpture, The Death of Cleopatra.In honouring Lewis on Wednesday, Google paid tribute to her artistic legacy and her effort to forge a path "for women and artists of colour"."Today, we celebrate her and what she stands for - self-expression...
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017
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